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What do you call a traffic circle (aka a "roundabout, etc.)

Posted by kelly Nov 2 '11, 06:08

A coworker is asking me what new englanders call it, and for the life of me, I can't remember. :(

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rotary. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 06:44
traffic circle -- nm - MDH Nov 2, 06:42
Rundkørsel -- nm - Danedukenuuk Nov 2, 06:36
I used to call them Jughandles in New Jersey. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 2, 06:30 2
- Those are different though. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 06:31 1
  - They are. -- (link) - Strongbad Nov 2, 06:32
i just drive through the center, so "road", i guess. -- nm - colin Nov 2, 06:27 1
- usually there's something (like a park) in the middle. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 06:45
Okay, thanks. - kelly Nov 2, 06:21 2
- maybe rotary looks like a long word to her? I never heard them called anything but rotaries in MA. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 06:46
- I literally drove from the very western edge to the eastern edge of MA last month and all i ever saw was 'Rotary.' -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 06:23
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rotary -- nm - Diva Nov 2, 06:14
Roundabout (rotary is an old dial phone.) -- nm - Andie Nov 2, 06:12
I call the one near our home a roundabout, but bigger ones (like a few in DC) are circles. -- nm - Don Homer Nov 2, 06:11 2
- The primary difference is size. Some of the circles in the Northeast are much larger than modern roundabouts. - Strongbad Nov 2, 06:16 1
  - the ones in DC have traffic lights. I think that makes them different from roundabouts/rotaries as well. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 06:45
rotary -- nm - znufrii Nov 2, 06:09
Rotaries? -- nm - Strongbad Nov 2, 06:09

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